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Introducing… Electronic Signatures!

November 12, 2009 | By Kelley Koehler | Filed Under Odds and Ends 

So by joining this new brokerage, I get to do some extra cool stuff.

And one small part of that is that my clients can sign all of their documents electronically, using some technology from a company called Docusign. 

This is a huge step forward for many reasons.  Instead of having to go back to the office where there is a printer and a copier and a fax machine to write an offer or create a repair request, we can create and sign contracts and offers and any paperwork from any computer with internet access.  (Did I mention I travel with a laptop and wi-fi?)  Instead of sending you paperwork at home to print and sign and fax back to me, you can log into your email and with just a few clicks, sign your documents and return them to me. No fuss, no muss, no reduction in quality of the document by printing and scanning or faxing several times.

Docusign is also integrated with something called ZipForms, which lets me create all of your paperwork and offers and contracts electronically.  There’s no concern that the agent on the other end can’t read the handwriting – everything is typed out neatly.  And there is no concern over ever losing original copies of those valuable contracts – they’re all stored and kept safely in ZipForms.

So the next time you need to sign paperwork, I’m going to tell you to look for an email.  When you open it, you’ll click two checkboxes that say you agree this is your signature, and then you just click right next to the big yellow "SIGN HERE" tabs.  So you’ll never miss a signature or line where you’re supposed to initial.  And when you’re done, I know immediately, so I can forward that on to the other agent.

Which makes us, hopefully, faster and more responsive than the next guy.  And that’s a powerful thing.

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